Shadowing Practice: Minecraft | VACATION DISASTER!! | Custom Vacation Adventure #1 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Ah Traorys Where are you buddy are you in here ah there you are whoa

What's going on here?

You're always up to something super strange

It looks like are you building test tubes and who's this?

Subject one nice to meet you buddy.

I'm sorry he put you in there, but you must be in there for a reason

Hopefully you're fully synthetic.

I have I have no idea what's going on But I like the color of your test tube.

Very nice indeed.

So, what is going on here?

Yeah, I know you're working.

And that's kind of what I wanted to talk to you about as well.

So, I have a surprise for you.

Do you want to know what it is?

Yeah, of course you do.

So, we are going on vacation.

I've booked us a little holiday.

It's going to be amazing.

Do you want to go?

Yes, you do, Treyos.

Come on, you can leave this and come back to this at any time.

It's going to be amazing.

Come on, I've got your bag for you already.

Look, take that.

Pack your things.

I'm gonna go and get

Grim and pack my things and I will meet you in the other room

Come on, buddy.

Go get packing and I'll meet you in a bit.

This is gonna be amazing

Okay, you done good.

Have you packed everything you need?

Well, where's your bag then?

Oh?

Oh, there it is.

Okay.

I won't look inside.

I know it's your personal belongings and stuff, but there we go

The taxi is here.

So we need to get out of here.

Grim, Traorist, let's go on a vacation

This is going to be epic.

I have booked us to a secret location, which you guys are not going to know about.

And here he is.

The taxi driver is here.

How are you doing, buddy?

Look at him.

He looks amazing.

Right then, guys.

We need to pile into here.

There we go.

Grim's ready to go.

Let's push him into the taxi.

Get in the taxi, buddy.

There we go.

Into there.

And Traorius, just I know you don't want to come, but please just get in the taxi.

Give it a chance.

Traorius, please.

Where are you?

Traorius, you need to come out here.

There we go.

You finally decided to turn up, Pa.

Right then, let's go around here.

We need to go inside the door.

Otherwise, we're not going to be getting taken anywhere, are we?

Do you have to climb on the taxi like that?

Come on.

All right, let me get you in there.

I'm going to have to help you in our night.

There we go.

Get inside.

Sorry, taxi driver.

It's a little bit cushy in here.

A little bit cramped.

But let me lock the door.

I think we're ready to go.

To the airport, please, Mr. Taxi Man.

Trust me, Treraz.

This is going to be epic.

Hey, there we go.

We made it to the airport.

Thank you so much, Mr. Taxi Man.

That was a very pleasant journey.

Guys, are you ready for this?

I thought you might be sick.

I told you you'd come round to the idea.

It's going to be a really cool vacation.

Grim, are you ready?

You're always ready.

So, guys, I think we should leave because I think we're a little bit late.

We took quite a while to leave and pack everything.

So, Mr. Taxi Driver, thank you so much for your service today.

But we need to leave.

Look at the size of this place.

This place is huge.

Come on, Grim.

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No, stop messing around.

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Get off the taxi.

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There we go.

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Oh my goodness.

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These guys you guys better behave because I'm not taking care of all of you

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While I'm on my vacation.

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I need to chill out too right then just be Have and wow.

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Yep.

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This this place is big, but it's not very busy.

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You might be in luck here

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So we're running late

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So we need to find the green ones and find our airline provider

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So we've got um sheep air travel.

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That's not the one closed and oh there it is Look block air travel

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and it just so happens to be the one without the queue.

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How perfect is that right then?

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Um, Clark, how are you doing?

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What do we need to do now?

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Right then.

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Hello there and welcome.

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What are the names you'll be flying under today?

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So we're going to be flying under DanTDM, Dr. Treyaris, and Grim.

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Just Grim.

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Just Grim by himself.

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Grim, what are you doing?

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Hey, behave yourself.

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What did I say about behaving yourself?

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Just sit down.

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Oh my goodness.

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You're embarrassing me.

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He's so excited.

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He's really, really excited.

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Sorry about that.

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So yeah, we're traveling under DanTDM, Treyaris, and Grim.

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Thank you.

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Right, here are your tickets.

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You should be able to board your flight fairly shortly as you are a little bit late, but you'll be fine.

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I told you we were late.

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We need to get through this very very quickly.

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Do we have any bags to check in?

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No, we just got hand luggage which doesn't need checking in or putting into the aircraft.

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We can take that on ourselves

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Fantastic, that's all you need from me then just head to your left and then up the big flight of stairs

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Where you should find airport security once you pass through there

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You need gate 5 and you should be able to board instantly have a safe flight.

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Thank you very much

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Oh look our airline tickets.

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Yes, we got them right then Grim.

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You need to be very very careful out here.

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Stop it.

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Stop it You know what?

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Let's just go.

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Let's just go.

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Oh, geez.

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He is so naughty today.

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Right then, Treyarch.

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You better behave yourself better than Grimm is.

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Look at all these people.

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There's not too many people here, actually.

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Not too many people go on their summer holidays.

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Oh, wait a second.

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This guy is.

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Look at him.

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He's got his swimming trunks ready to go.

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He's ready to swim.

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But hopefully we'll do some swimming where we're going.

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But I'm not going to reveal the location just yet.

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Because we need to get through security still.

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And this is going to be a little bit of a pain, I think.

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So um which queue should we go in that one looks quite busy, so can we go through this one?

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Just walk on through.

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He says, let's go.

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Let's do as the man says.

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I need to get you through here.

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Oh, geez, Traoros, please be careful.

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What do you do?

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You can't be messing around like this, okay?

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Stop it.

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Stop it.

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I'm not looking after you two on this vocation, as I said already.

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Already.

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Right, I need to be very serious about this.

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Security is a very serious issue.

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This guy is not paying attention.

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Where are you going?

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He is, oh, geez, what are you doing?

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This airport is crazy.

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Right then, Traoros, come over here, buddy.

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Come over here, Traorys.

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Traorys, right, Grim, you know what?

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You're gonna sit down.

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Sit down right here.

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There we go.

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And Traorys, you're coming with me.

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And that chef in the background is just going crazy.

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So I'm gonna put you in the space you're gonna need to go,

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and then I'm gonna do my bag check and stuff and get me all checked and ready to go.

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And then I'll help you with yours.

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So just come through this way, and I need to put you in a specific location.

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I know you're a little bit nervous, but it'll be fine.

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So I just need to put you just there.

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There we go.

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That should be absolutely fine.

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And now I need to do my security.

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So please wait behind the line.

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I'm not actually sure what I'm supposed to be doing, Mr. Security Man.

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Can you please tell me what I'm supposed to do right then?

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Welcome, sir.

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Do you know what to do?

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I don't.

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I might need some help.

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Okay, no problem.

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All you need to do is place your bag on the right -hand side of the scanner

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and then pass through the machine.

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This will scan both you and your bag for items that aren't allowed aboard.

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If it bleeps, then you'll need to remove the prohibited items.

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If it stays quiet, you're good to go.

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Got that?

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Yes, sir.

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I think we have

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so I'm sure I'm just gonna leave this bag with you do not move anywhere

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because I need to do my own bag right

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Then let's place this onto the bags here

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That's the confiscate item.

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So if I've got any confiscate items, which I don't I'll have to put them in there right now

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Let's listen for the beep Are we safe?

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I think we're safe.

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Yes, we're safe perfect right and I'm gonna come and help you try us with yours now

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So um, let me just pick up this bag for you I'll go

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and put it on the thing and then you will have to walk yourself obviously

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because they have to scan you not me

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All right, I put the bags on here.

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There we go one bag I'll walk through here and treoras you need to walk through here.

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So um, come on, buddy.

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Let's go Here we go.

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Here we go.

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What's it gonna be?

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Are you gonna be safe?

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You need to walk through a little bit better than that, buddy.

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There we go treoras

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What do you know?

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Where are you going now?

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Oh my goodness.

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You are in major major trouble, buddy

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Oh my goodness.

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Um, let me check what you've got in your bag here.

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What have you been doing?

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Oh my goodness.

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Why have you packed all of this?

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We've got test tubes, your computer's in here.

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No wonder this bag was so heavy.

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Oh my goodness.

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Shears, a flamethrower, batteries, potions.

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No, no, this is all wrong.

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You can't do this.

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You cannot do this.

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This is wrong.

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Oh my goodness.

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Oh, you've embarrassed me.

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You've completely embarrassed me.

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Right then, let's get rid of some of these items.

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You cannot have these.

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Insecurity they take this very very seriously right

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then needs to get rid of the test tubes the soap will be fine

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I'm actually kind of glad you bought soap with you take out the batteries don't need these potions

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They don't like liquids on planes cookies you can keep that's a good one shovel

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You can keep because you can actually use

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that for useful things the shears have to go

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and the computer has to go I'm gonna have to put these all in here now

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All right, let's keep our tickets

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We don't want to put those in the confiscated bit do we

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but we do want to get rid of all of those right then

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Let's try this again shall we bag on here and then right go through I'm gonna push you through here we go

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Yeah, there we go.

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That's much better.

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Jeez right there.

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Mr Security guard.

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I am so sorry about my friend.

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I'm really really sorry right then Grim.

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Where are you?

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You need to come through the security gate as well, so let's go and let's get out of here

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Oh my goodness.

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I can't believe you did that you failed airport security right then come follow me buddy

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You are being a pain in the butt today.

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Right then, let's just check this to see where our flight is.

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Oh, no, no, gate five is closing.

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We need to get there really, really quickly.

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Let's go.

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Let's go.

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Let's go.

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Let's go.

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So, gate five, we've got one, two, three, four.

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It's really far away.

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Looks like there's, it's really not busy today.

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It looks like there's a flight going on there.

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Oh, geez.

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I think I've seen you before.

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Oh, man, that's weird.

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Anyway, guys, you following Grim?

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Where are you?

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There you are.

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Right then, let's go on to airport or what's it called?

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Gate five.

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Here's gate five.

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And there's a clerk here.

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I'm so sorry that we're late.

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How are you doing?

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Hello there.

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Just in time.

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Phew.

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Thank goodness.

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Oh, my goodness.

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I don't want to explain it.

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My buddy, he got stopped at airport security.

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It was really embarrassing.

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Right then, if I could just have your tickets, allow me to punch them to show that they're valid,

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and then you can take them back and head on in.

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Have a safe journey.

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Right then, here are our tickets.

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One, two, three.

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There we go.

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Thank you very much.

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And come on, guys.

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We can go onto the plane.

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This is going to be epic.

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Right then, let's go through here.

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And yeah, finally we actually made it.

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I didn't think this day would come.

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Oh my goodness right then guys you ready?

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Where's grim?

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Where's grim?

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There you go right then let's get on this plane shall we?

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Oh yeah, this looks sassy and it's completely empty the airport really isn't that busy today is it?

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The pilots through there look at him.

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He's concentrating.

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He's getting ready to fly so um right then I guess we should choose our seats

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Grim, Traoros come on let's not mess around um we've got marble tristan hogan

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and elmer right and let's choose our seats let's go right to the back

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so that we can get a um a window seat

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And let's just chill out here.

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We should be there in absolutely no time.

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This is going to be amazing.

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Hello there, everyone.

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This is your captain speaking.

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We're going to experience a little bit of turbulence coming through this section of airspace.

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If you could just buckle up, sit tight, and we'll be through this in no time.

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Oh, dear.

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Oh, yeah.

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It is getting a little bit of turbulence up in here.

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Okay, not to allow anyone on board to be experiencing major difficulties right now.

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We're doing our best to rectify them as we speak.

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Whoa!

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Oh, my goodness, what happened?

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Oh, my head is killing.

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What?

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Why is there?

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Why is there water everywhere?

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Why is there fire everywhere?

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What happened, Grim?

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Trous, where are you?

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Oh, my goodness, where is everyone?

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I can hear him.

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Grim, where are you, buddy?

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Grim, there you are.

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Get out of the fire, dude.

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Geez now get out the fire.

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Oh my goodness.

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What's going on?

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I need to get out of here.

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I need to find Treris Where's everyone else?

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It was there was other people on this plane grim come on, buddy.

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Let's go.

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Oh, geez Why are we in the water is there land outside?

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I hope so it looks like we've fallen in shallow water because otherwise this would be completely sunk oh man

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Oh, my head is killing on this fire everywhere.

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Oh, it's getting to me.

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I need to get out of here I need to get out of here.

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Where's my baggage?

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My bags have gone.

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Come on, Grim.

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Come on, buddy.

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We can do this.

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Let's get out of the front.

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Jeez, there's no captain either.

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No airline pilots.

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No hostesses.

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No, no one.

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Right.

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Is that my bag?

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Where are we?

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Where's Traorius?

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I've got his bag and I've got my bag.

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Grim, there you are, buddy.

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How are you doing?

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How are you doing?

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You okay?

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I think I'm okay.

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Oh my goodness.

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Look, the whole plane just fell in.

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It's on fire.

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It's crumpled.

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That ain't going anywhere.

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Where on earth are we?

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And where on earth is Traoris?

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Traoris?

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What is going on?

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This is so weird.

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Traoris!

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Traoris!

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Thank you.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

The speaker keeps coming back to these words: grim, bag, goodness, buddy, taxi. This video has 409 sentences and 2681 words to shadow. The speech runs for 12:26. The speaker talks fast, about 216 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 87% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow. 71 of its 409 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
grim adjective	/ɡɹɪm/	Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding.
buddy	/ˈbʌdi/	A person far removed from the conversation.
goodness noun	/ˈɡʊdnəs/	The state or characteristic of being good.
taxi noun	/ˈtæksi/	A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, particularly one with an automated meter to calculate the fare.
gate noun	/ˈɡeɪ̯t/	A doorlike structure outside a house.
vacation noun	/veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/	An extended trip or journey away from home for rest or pleasure.
tube noun	/tuːb/	Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape.
behave verb	/bɪˈheɪv/	To conduct (oneself) well, or in a given way; to conform.
epic noun	/ˈɛp.ɪk/	An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero.
swim verb	/swɪm/	To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
airline noun	/ˈɛɹˌlaɪn/	A company that flies airplanes to transport people and goods.
chill verb	/tʃɪl/	To lower the temperature of something; to cool.
soap noun	/soʊp/	A metallic salt derived from a fatty acid, commonly used in cleaning products.
scan verb	/skæn/	To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely.
embarrassed adjective	/ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/	Having a feeling of shameful discomfort.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
get out of verb		To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
come through verb		To come into a room or other space through a door or passageway.
go through verb		To travel from one end of something to the other.
mess around verb		To fiddle idly.
sit down verb		To assume a sitting position from a standing position.
walk through verb		To explain (something) to (someone), step by step.
come over verb		To affect in a sudden, unprecedented or surprising manner; to overwhelm a person's ordinarily contrary impulse.
get through verb	/ɡɛt ˈθɹu/	To overcome; to endure.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

It looks like are you building test tubes and who's this?
Do you want to know what it is?
Do you want to go?
Have you packed everything you need?
What are the names you'll be flying under today?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result	If it bleeps, then you'll need
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	I've booked · Have you packed · have booked
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	aren't allowed · would be completely sunk
Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea	should leave · should be · should find

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 98 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, gonna, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: synthetic /sɪnˈθɛtɪk/, flamethrower /ˈfleɪmˌθɹoʊ.ɚ/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: vacation /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, shortly /ˈʃɔɹtli/, chef /ʃɛf/, sheep /ˈʃiːp/, shallow /ˈʃæloʊ/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like grim, buddy, goodness.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Sentences worth repeating

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?